The Greatest Books of All Time on Assassination

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This list represents a comprehensive and trusted collection of the greatest books. Developed through a specialized algorithm, it brings together 759 'best of' book lists to form a definitive guide to the world's most acclaimed books. For those interested in how these books are chosen, additional details can be found on the rankings page.

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Rank Book Authors Year Country Language Actions
415 The Day of the Jackal Frederick Forsyth 1971 British English
453 I, Claudius Robert Graves 1934 British English
701 The Feast of the Goat Mario Vargas Llosa 2000 Peruvian Spanish
961 The Manchurian Candidate Richard Condon 1959 American English
1131 Ashes and Diamonds Jerzy Andrzejewski 1948 Polish Polish
1390 A Brief History of Seven Killings Marlon James 2014 Jamaican English
1690 Goldfinger Ian Fleming 1959 British English
1849 Z Vassilis Vassilikos 1967 Greek Greek
1940 The Four Just Men Edgar Wallace 1905 British English
2100 From Russia with Love Ian Fleming 1957 British English
2337 Libra Don DeLillo 1988 American English
2870 Dead Zone Stephen King 1979 American English
3132 The Man Who Loved Dogs Leonardo Padura 2009 Cuban Spanish
3616 11 22 63 Stephen King 2011 American English
4310 Journey Into Fear Eric Ambler 1940 British English
4310 A Gun For Sale Graham Greene 1936 British English
4645 Midnight Plus One Gavin Lyall 1965 British English
4646 You Only Live Twice Ian Fleming 1964 British English
4956 Lorenzaccio Alfred de Musset 1834 French French
5100 Three To Kill Jean-Patrick Manchette 1976 French French
5468 Six Days Of The Condor James Grady 1974 American English
5575 Lincoln Gore Vidal 1984 American English
5633 Queens' Play Dorothy Dunnett 1964 British English
5980 The Boys From Brazil Ira Levin 1976 American English
6240 Harry’s Game Gerald Seymour 1975 British English
6276 American Tabloid James Ellroy 1995 American English
6852 The Quiller Memorandum Adam Hall 1965 British English
7000 The Gray Man Mark Greaney 2009 American English
7065 Point Of Impact Stephen Hunter 1993 American English
8434 A Running Duck Paula Gosling 1978 American English
9095 Prizzi's Honor Richard Condon 1982 American English
9540 A Case Of Exploding Mangoes Mohammed Hanif 2008 Pakistani English
9904 A Memory Called Empire Arkady Martine 2019 American English
10089 Assassin's Apprentice Robin Hobb 1995 American English
10180 The Kill Artist Daniel Silva 2000 American English
10772 Huey Long T. Harry Williams 1969 American English
10934 Consent To Kill Vince Flynn 2005 American English
10936 Blowback Brad Thor 2005 American English
11251 Queen Margot Alexandre Dumas 1845 French French
11413 Barrayar Lois McMaster Bujold 1991 American English
11662 The Sleepwalkers Christopher Clark 2012 British English
11940 A Thousand Days Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr 1965 American English
12326 Lincoln David Herbert Donald 1995 American English
12585 Scarecrow Matthew Reilly 2003 Australian English
13362 The People Of The Black Circle Robert E. Howard 1934 American English
13886 City Of Miracles Robert Jackson Bennett 2017 American English
14672 Abraham Lincoln Lord Charnwood 1916 British English
14892 Nicholas And Alexandra Robert K. Massie 1967 American English
15667 Do Not Disturb Michela Wrong 2021 British English
17161 In the Days of McKinley Margaret Leech 1959 American English
17161 The King of Attolia Megan Whalen Turner 2006 American English
17161 Trouble The Saints Alaya Dawn Johnson 2020 American English
17161 The Killing Moon N. K. Jemisin 2012 American English
17161 Evil And The Mask Fuminori Nakamura 2010 Japanese Japanese
17161 Felaheen Jon Courtenay Grimwood 2003 British English
17161 Cross Fire James Patterson 2010 American English
17161 The Pelican Brief John Grisham 1992 American English
17161 April 1865 Jay Winik 2001 American English
17161 Executive Orders Tom Clancy 1996 American English
17161 Wet Work Philip Nutman 1993 British English
17161 The Romanovs Simon Sebag Montefiore 2016 British English
17161 Jhereg Steven Brust 1983 American English
17161 Code Red Vince Flynn, Kyle Mills 2023 American English
17161 The Lumumba Plot Stuart A. Reid 2023 Unknown English
17161 The Many Assassinations Of Samir, The Seller Of Dreams Daniel Nayeri 2023 Unknown English
17161 President Garfield C.W. Goodyear 2023 Unknown English
17161 The Lumumba Plot Stuart Reid 2023 Unknown English
17161 Aberration In The Heartland Of The Real Wendy S. Painting 2015 Unknown English
17161 November Road Lou Berney 2018 American English
17161 A Clean Kill In Tokyo Riane Eisler Unknown Unknown
17161 Inversions Iain Banks 1998 British English
17161 Hhh H Laurent binet 2010 French French
17161 Remote Control Andy McNab 1997 British English
16835 The Assassins Elia Kazan 1972 American English